Queens Park, Western Australia

Infobox Australian Place | type = suburb
name = Queens Park
state = wa
city = Perth


caption =
pop = 3903 (2006 census)Census 2006 AUS|id=SSC52181|name=Queens Park (State Suburb)|quick=on|accessdate=2008-10-05]
postcode = 6107
lga = City of Canning
area =
est =
stategov = Cannington
fedgov = Swan
near-nw = Welshpool
near-n = Welshpool
near-ne = Welshpool
near-e = East Cannington
near-w = Bentley
near-sw = Cannington
near-s = Cannington
near-se = East Cannington
dist1 = 11
location1= Perthcoord|-32.004|115.942|type:city(3903)_region:AU-WA_scale:30000|format=dms|display=title

Queens Park is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located within the City of Canning. Its postcode is 6107.

History

The suburb derives its name from the former Queens Park Road Board that was incorporated into the Canning and Belmont Road Boards. [Carden, F.G. Along the Canning: A History of the City of Canning, City of Canning, 1st Edition 1968, 2nd edition, 1991,]

Queens Park was originally known as Woodlupine. The name change was brought about following a murder in 1911. Local residents and authorities feared the incident couldjeopardise the development of the area. It was agreed that the name would be changed to Queens Park to honour Queen Alexandra, wife of King Edward VII. [LandInfo WA|m|Q|2008-10-10]

The largest single land holder in Queens Park was Sister Kate's children's home which was founded by Sister Kate in 1934 and expanded in 1936 which at the time, A. O. Neville, the government Chief Protector of Aboriginals was the architect of an official scheme which oversaw the care, custody and education of Aboriginal and half-caste children under 16 years in the state. The scheme's purpose was to integrate young and part Aboriginal children into white society by separating them from their families. The process by which the separation was done has since been widely condemned when a report entitled "Bringing Them Home" was published in 1997 following a federal government enquiry. These people are now known as the Stolen Generation.

Present day

Queens Park now incorporates the former suburb of Maniana, once of State Housing development post WW2, which is being pulled down and redeveloped into "Quatro".

New developments such as "Skytown" have seen property prices boom as developers buy up old houses for unit development especially around the older parts of Queens Park on Welshpool Rd.

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